ETCSLglossingSignSign name: ḪUB2
Values: ḫub2, tu11
The debate between Bird and Fish (c.5.3.5), line c535.51
ud-bi-aku6-emušen-rain-še3mu-ni-in-dub2
udku6mušenindub2
day(light)fishbirdabuseto tremble
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Paragraph t535.p6 (line(s) 51-56) Click line no. for paragraph-aligned layout of transliteration and translation.
Thus Fish insulted Bird on that day. But Bird, with multicoloured plumage and multicoloured face, was convinced of its own beauty, and did not take to heart the insults Fish had cast at it. As if it was a nursemaid singing a lullaby, it paid no attention to the speech, despite the ugly words that were being uttered. { Then Bird answered Fish: } { (1 ms. has instead:) It …… insulted Fish; …… said ……: }
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